Medicating and massaging appliance.



No. 889,810. PATBNTED JUNE 2, 1908.v H. ROBINSON. MBDIACATING AND MASSAGING APPLIANCE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 4, 1908.

entre sire,

'Torsion HENRY RoniNsoN, or mico', 'rams ,Y

MEDICATING AND MASSAGNG APPLINCE.

No-sessie.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June2, 1908.

Application filed January 1908. Serial No. 09,342

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, HENRY Roeinson,

citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vaoo,

. in the county of McLennan and State of Aso Texas, have inventedcertlain new and useful Improvements in lvledicating and lalassaging Appliances; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as willr enable others skilled in the art'to which it ap'pertains` 4to make and use same. v

My invention relates to new and useful improvements vin medicating and massaging appliances and my object 1s to provide means for massaging the parts oi' thebody and, at

the Sametime, apply medicating properties thereto, ifdosired. i

A further object is: to provide means for applying a bath to the eye or medicating the saine.

proved medicating appliance, showing the' same assembled for massaglngpurposes and vfor niedicatmg the parts massaged.

Fig. 2 is vav central, longitud-mal, sectional View through the parts employed for bathing ory y treating the eyes.

through the nasal inhaler,.and, Fig. 4 is a .side elevation ofthe ear treating a pliance..

Fig. 3 isa sectional View .Referringto the drawings in whic i similar reference numerals designato corresponding y .parts throughout the several views, 1 indi f cates -a bulb, which is preferably constructed .f rubber. and is provided at one end with a neck `2, through 'which is formed an opening Sfor the reception of a nozzle 4. Y "The nozzle is provided adjacent one. ofits ends With acircular cap 5, said cap having a shoulder hwhich is adapted to fit against v"one end of a tubular receptacle 7, the reduced` portion of the cap 6 snnglygfitting Within the rece ltacle.

T4 e-opposite end of the receptacle is closed and Aprovided with a plurality -of openings 8,

' so that when the parts are bein vemployed opening, or, when the parts are .being 'ern-.-

as aninhaler, air may beI drawnt ough said ga ed thereby.

ploycd in connection with the massaging in strument, the .medicinal properties in the receptacle may be blown through said openings.

The nozzle 4 is'provided with a longitudinal bore 9, which extends from end to end,

of the nozzleand that end of the nozzle, extending through the circular cap 5, is provided with-laterally extending portsv 1() above the end thereof, so that when the receptacle y7 is filled with absorbent cotton, a sponge,

or the like, and the end of the bore 9 is closed,

access to the bore may be had through the.

laterally extending ports 10.

ln providing a massaging device in connection withthe bulb, a pair of oppositely disposed cup-like members 11 and l2 are providedand are connected together by means cfa tubular collar 13, one end of the4 collar extending a distance into the cup-shaped member 12 to receive the'neck 2 of the ybulbA l, the collar being of sufficient length tov receive. the receptacle 7 andvneck of the bulb.r l/Vhen the instrumentA is being used for massaging and inedicating purposes, ,the

longer end of the nozzle. 4 isn extended through the opening 3 of the neck 2 and the shorterend thereof into the receptacle 7 and, by placing medicinal ,properties in thereceptacle, the ,depressing of the bulb willforce the air contained therein, through the nozzle and through the openings 8 inthe .end of the receptacle, the air in passing through the absorbent material 14 in the receptacle, carrying the medicinal' properties With the same and into engagement with the parts of the body covered by the cupv'shaped member at the outer end of the instrument and itwill lilwisel be seen that after the -bulb has been depressed and 'pressure thereon released, the expansion of the bulb 'will draw the fleshsurrounded by the .open end of the cup-shaped member and,

thereby massa e the same. g The outer e ge of'thecup-shaped member 12 is' provided WithLdepressions 15 on opposite sides thereof, so thatl the cup will*4 I 'lit various parts of the' body, such as the arms or wrists and form a positive cohesion` of the cup with the parts of the body enenthe massaging instrument is employed With.out' giv1ng the flesh. medicinal treatment, the receptacle 7 is omitted and' the reduced portion of the cap 5 introduced into the opening 3, -as shown in Fig. 4, in

lar,

50 in a suitable case for transportation.

'eventlthe neck 2 is' introduced into thecollar 13 in/the usual r'nanner and the longer ortion of the nzz'le e extended into thecoar. i 5 When the cup-shaped members are e1n ployed for .treating t e eyes or for bathing saine, the bulb and attachments therefor are bmittedand, instead of introducing the fece tacle and end of the bulb into the' colprovide, a stopper 16, which stopper is' of suiiicient diameter to snugly it the collar d3 when introduced into the I end thereof', and, b' iormingthe upper end of the stopper, ho ow, .the same may be em 15 loyedfor measuring the liquid, While the oWer'end 'ci the stopper is provided with a base 17, upon Which the stopper is adapted to rest when not in use.

When employing the instrument as ay nasal inhaler, I employ the receptacle 7 and the nozzle 4, and on the longer end of thev nozzle is provided a tip 18ct any suitable 'flexible substance having a bore 19 therein adapted to register with the bore in the nozzle 4, the tip being of sucientdiameter lto close the nasal passages and cause the air entering the nasal passages, to pass through the o enings 8 1n the end et the receptacle an by placing any suitable form of inhaling ingredients in the receptacle, the nasal passages may be readily treated and the same' ,construction is ernn` ployed as a mouth inhaler for the develop` ment and treatment `for thethroat, by re A` moving the tip 18 and inserting the longer end ofthe nozzle 4 in the mouth.

That forni of device shown in Fig. 4, is em iloyed more particularly for treatment of t e ears and, in this instance, the reduced 40 portion of the circular cap 5 is introduced into the .opening in the bulb, the longer end of the nozzle extending outwardly and in position to be readily inserted into the ear. It will thus be seen that l lieve provided a very cheap and economical form of n1edicat ing appliance and one thatl can be used for various purposes and it will iurther be seen that the parts when assembled together are i in a very compact form and may be deposited lt eseio will likewise be seen that the various attach ments for the bulb may ybe fornedni hard rubber, glass, or various other Inaterials,

thereby reducing the costl of the' various arts to a minimum.l

What I claim is: v

l. ln a medicating appliance of theY class described, the combination Witha bulb havin a neck and an o ening inthe neck; cfa tu ular receptacle having one of its ends closed and openings in the closed end, a cirn cular cap adapted to enter the opposite end of the receptacle, a shoulder on the cap adapted to engage the end oi" the receptacle and a nozzle extending throuvh said cap and the projecting end thereo'` a apted to enter` the opening in the bulb, said nozzle having a longitudlnal bore therethrougha 2. A medicating appliance of the class described, comprising the combination with a bulb having a neck and an opening through the neck; of a receptacle having one of 'its ends closed and openings in the nosed end, a circular cap adapted to i'lt the oppesite end of the receptacle, a nozzle ada ted to extend' 'through the opening in the bul and having a longitudinal bore, a pair oi cupfshaped mein bers and a collar connecting said cup-shaped members adapted to receive the receptacle and the neck of the bulb.

3. in a medicating appliance, the coinbin'ation with a bulb and a nozzle therefor; of a air of oppositely disposed cup-shaped members the edge of one of which is provided with depressions and a collar connecting said bulb. ,v

vmembers adapted to vreceive one end of the 4. A medicating appliance, comprising 

